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people hate hearing this but it's 100% true, creating a huge pay gap between political leaders, their staffs, and other elites is a recipe for corruption. of course the flip side of that is taxes on the rich should be jacked way the hell up

you look at Texas, they pay the state leg $7,200 a year and as a result like half of them are car dealership owning reactionaries

@egall.bsky.social are you a retiree tax exile masshole?

I am one of the rare exceptions of someone crazy enough to try to rely on social safety net programs to make up for the lack of pay

You should run for mayor of NY

As I understand it, this was written into the constitution in the 18th century to guarantee a good salary, allowing farmers to participate in government. This is why assumptions have to be revisited and laws rewritten or reinterpreted when realities change.

The third rail of NH politics is proposing an income tax so I doubt that will change any time soon